My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball... then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around.

It debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200. Kweli gained prominent recognition through Black Star a collaboration with fellow MC Mos Def. " In 2007 the album was made available for purchase.

His first name Talib (طالب) in Arabic means "student" or "seeker" (which is also where the word Taliban comes from); his middle name in Swahili means "true". Talib Kweli Greene (October 3 1975) is an American rapper who performs under the name Talib Kweli.